[RTTY] New amplifier announced

Stanley Zawrotny k4sbz.stan at gmail.com
Fri Oct 21 18:23:06 EDT 2016


Doesn't RTTY at full legal limit overheat most amplifiers? Can they stand full duty cycle during contesting? My kilowatt starts running warm, but not overheating, at 600 watts.

Stan, K4SBZ

"Real radio bounces off the sky."

> On Oct 21, 2016, at 2:03 PM, Bill Turner <dezrat at outlook.com> wrote:
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>> On Mon, 17 Oct 2016 11:10:24 -0400, you wrote:
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>> The SPE Expert 1.3K-FA has a built in ATU and switches among 4 antennas automatically. It can handle two transmitters input. Its main problem is a backlog of several months due to heavy demand.
>> 
>> Stan, K4SBZ
>> 
>> "Real radio bounces off the sky."
> 
> REPLY:
> 
> I used to own one. Its main drawback is it won't do RTTY at full legal
> limit. After about ten seconds it kicks back to mid-power. 
> 
> 73, Bill W6WRT


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